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Grant recipient EIN 36-2776406

Who funds Midwest Academy Inc?

19 private foundations gave Midwest Academy Inc in Chicago, IL $2.6 million across 45 grants, in tax years 2018 to 2025.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2018 to 2025, read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

45 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. James B Chanin Foundation IncOakland, CA 2025

    Tools to make progressive changes

    $1,000
  2. CrossCurrents Foundation IncWashington, DC 2025

    General Support

    $500
  3. Freedom Together FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    General operating support

    $350,000
  4. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    General support and project support for institutional strengthening

    $315,000
  5. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    General support

    $200,000
  6. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    One-time core support to provide leadership development training to spanish-speaking organizers on the skills and strategies in building powerful organizations

    $143,930
  7. WK Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI 2024

    Jobs and Family Economic Security

    $100,000
  8. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    Core support for a project to document the life and work of paul and heather booth, key leaders, strategists and activists in the labor and social justice movements

    $50,000
  9. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    Core support to establish laboratoria para organizar, an innovative organizing and campaign training pilot initiative, in partnership with the maria fund

    $50,000
  10. The Skillman FoundationDetroit, MI 2024

    Midwest academy to develop an 18-month cohort program curriculum

    $10,000
  11. James B Chanin Foundation IncOakland, CA 2024

    Tools to make progressive changes

    $1,000
  12. Wellspring Philanthropic Fund IncNew York, NY 2023

    General operating support

    $250,000
  13. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2023

    General support

    $200,000
  14. WK Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI 2023

    Jobs and Family Economic Security

    $100,000
  15. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2023

    For building community-union partnerships for educational and economic justice

    $100,000
  16. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2023

    General support

    $50,000
  17. The McKnight FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2023

    To sponsor Midwest Academy's 50th Anniversary event in May 2023

    $50,000
  18. Kates Foundation IncNorwell, MA 2023

    Charitable contribution

    $2,000
  19. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2023

    Matching gift

    $1,500
  20. Everett Foundation IncNew York, NY 2023

    General

    $1,000
  21. Marcy & Leona Chanin Foundation IncLos Angeles, CA 2023

    Charitable

    $1,000
  22. CrossCurrents Foundation IncWashington, DC 2023

    General Support

    $225
  23. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2022

    General support

    $190,000
  24. Grand Victoria FoundationChicago, IL 2022

    Project Support

    $7,500
  25. The Lois & Irving Blum Foundation IncBaltimore, MD 2022

    Go grant

    $5,000
  26. Wellspring Philanthropic Fund IncNew York, NY 2022

    Operating support

    $1,000
  27. Marcy & Leona Chanin Foundation IncLos Angeles, CA 2022

    Charitable

    $1,000
  28. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2021

    General support

    $150,000
  29. Hull Family FoundationChicago, IL 2021

    Paul Booth Rising Leadership Project

    $15,000
  30. Grand Victoria FoundationChicago, IL 2021

    Project Support

    $7,500
  31. Marcy & Leona Chanin Foundation IncLos Angeles, CA 2021

    Charitable

    $1,000
  32. The Scherman Foundation IncNew York, NY 2021

    General operating support

    $500
  33. CrossCurrents Foundation IncWashington, DC 2021

    General Support

    $100
  34. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    General Support

    $150,000
  35. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    Core support for a spring 2020 convening for development of community labor partnerships that integrates capacity building for organizers, healing for social justice leaders, and a more sophisticated framework for political analysis

    $25,000
  36. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2020

    For sponsorship of a communitybased organization convening

    $15,000
  37. Sunflower FoundationCambridge, MA 2020

    Support for rhe summer internship project of this leading national training institute for community organizers for social justice.

    $6,000
  38. Marcy & Leona Chanin Foundation IncLos Angeles, CA 2020

    Charitable

    $1,000
  39. The Scherman Foundation IncNew York, NY 2020

    General operating support

    $500
  40. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2019

    General support to build progressive infrastructure and serve as a national training institute for racial economic and social justice

    $30,000
  41. Marcy & Leona Chanin Foundation IncLos Angeles, CA 2019

    Charitable

    $1,000
  42. Ada Brandon Charitable Foundation IncRandolph Ctr, VT 2019

    General Donation

    $150
  43. Achieving America Family FoundationPasadena, CA 2018

    Charitable purposes

    $10,000
  44. Sunflower FoundationCambridge, MA 2018

    Support for their next updated edition of "organizing for social change:midwest academy manual for activists". This manual has been the gold standard for progressive community organizing.

    $4,000
  45. Ada Brandon Charitable Foundation IncRandolph Ctr, VT 2018

    General Donation

    $150

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 36-2776406 by name and ZIP code, or by name, city and State against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.